{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "A few days ago I noticed a trash bag full of blankets just inside the fence in my backyard and I was like \u201cuh, better put this...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/184771905018/", "html": "<p>A few days ago I noticed a trash bag full of blankets just inside the fence in my backyard and I was like \u201cuh, better put this aside for when the other shoe drops\u201d</p><p>A few hours ago a homeless guy knocked on the door to my house, and I took him around and opened my garage and fetched them, and he offered to split them with me, earnestly asking if I too was homeless</p><p>Which might be an adaptive strategy for that guy engaging with new people but was a little weird in the moment<br/></p><p>A minute ago he banged on my door until I opened up and asked for a ride like 90 blocks away, I sent him off, I do hope I haven\u2019t started another Give A Mouse A Cookie cycle here, I\u2019ve been through two already in Portland and one involved a crackhead digging a giant hole in our lawn overnight by way of apology for the camper shell full of loose clothes and probably stolen tools he\u2019d started storing there<br/></p>"}